School on the Physics of Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay

Date: 
Tuesday, October 31, 2017 - 9:00am to Friday, November 3, 2017 - 1:00pm
Location: 

LGRT 419B

The school is designed to provide theoretical background for Neutrinoless Double Beta Decay (NLDBD) experimentalists. The focus will be on pedagogical lectures, informal discussions with ample time for Q&A, and simple exercises. The goal is to enable participants to obtain an up-to-date picture of the physics of NLDBD, including the interplay with neutrino mass models, nuclear & hadronic structure, and the high energy and cosmic frontiers. Topics will include:

* Basic physics of NLDBD & Majorana neutrinos
* Nuclear & hadronic structure for NLDBD
* Interplay with other searches for physics beyond the Standard Model

The lecturers will be Jon Engel (U. North Carolina), Michael Ramsey-Musolf (UMass), and Petr Vogel (Caltech).

Workshop documents: 

Schedule

2017-10-31
Tuesday, October 31
9:00am
Welcome

Michael Ramsey-Musolf, Andrea Pocar, Narayanan Menon

UMass Amherst

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Tuesday, October 31
9:15am
Tuesday, October 31
10:30am
Tuesday, October 31
11:00am
Lecture II: Neutrino Mass Models

Michael Ramsey-Musolf

UMass Amherst

PDF icon dbd_lecture_ii.pdf
Tuesday, October 31
12:00pm
Tuesday, October 31
12:30pm
Tuesday, October 31
2:00pm
Tuesday, October 31
3:30pm
Tuesday, October 31
4:00pm
Tuesday, October 31
6:30pm
2017-11-01
Wednesday, November 1
9:00am
Lecture IV: Nuclear Structure Overview

Jon Engel

University of North Carolina

PDF icon amherst-school-1.pdf
Wednesday, November 1
10:30am
Wednesday, November 1
11:00am
Lecture V: Energy Frontier Connections

Michael Ramsey-Musolf

UMass Amherst

PDF icon dbd_lecture_v.pdf
Wednesday, November 1
12:00pm
Wednesday, November 1
12:30pm
Wednesday, November 1
2:00pm
Wednesday, November 1
3:30pm
Wednesday, November 1
4:00pm
Wednesday, November 1
6:00pm
2017-11-02
Thursday, November 2
9:00am
Lecture VII: Hadronic Physics

Jon Engel

University of North Carolina

PDF icon amherst-school-2.pdf
Thursday, November 2
10:30am
Thursday, November 2
11:00am
Thursday, November 2
12:00pm
Thursday, November 2
12:30pm
Thursday, November 2
2:00pm
Thursday, November 2
3:30pm
Thursday, November 2
4:00pm
Thursday, November 2
6:00pm
2017-11-03
Friday, November 3
9:00am
Friday, November 3
10:30am
Friday, November 3
11:00am
Friday, November 3
12:00pm
Closing Remarks

Andrea Pocar

UMass Amherst

Friday, November 3
12:30pm